Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would like to reciprocate in a compliment to the gentleman from Texas, who stands here and leads in this Congress every day, and takes on a heavy load in the Rules Committee. A lot of times those are late night meetings--maybe the rest of us have put our feet up, not so much me, but some of the rest of us, Mr. Speaker--and Pete Sessions is up there working away, keeping organization in this House, and helping bring these things to the floor. We would not be here on the floor today if we didn't have a Rules Committee to work with and that cooperated. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Goodlatte for joining with me on this and putting his name on top of this bill as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, or we would be still stuck back in hearings and markups. This is a great week to be debating these immigration bills that are here. A big reason for that is that this is a hold-their-feet-to-the- fire week that many of us have joined, as the radio talk show hosts that believe in secure borders, the rule of law, enforcing immigration law, and building a wall come together at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. We talk about the rule of law and enforcing immigration law. That has gone on now for a long time. I have joined in most of those.…”